I'm looking at getting my first compound and recurve bow. The people on the Traditional forum were of great help with the recurve bow info; I hope you guys can do the same! Unfortunately, one of the main pieces of advice I get is that I have to try out different bows and see which feels best. Well, I just can't do that. No one has any stock around here and even the places 2 hours away are very limited at this time. Anyway, I've always figured one of the best ways to learn is to just "do it" so I'm buying a recurve and compound bow to get started and I'll make more informed decisions from there.

Ok, enough rambling1 Two bows I know of for sale are a Hoyt Rebel and a Buckmasters BTR. The biggest difference I can see is the BTR is much shorter at only 32" while the Hoyt is ?average? at 41". I'm just looking for something to practice on; I'm not sure if I'll go bowhunting in the future or not. It would be nice to have that as an option though. The BTR package is $225. The Rebel is discontinued, I believe, it's in mint condition for $150.

These are my options at the moment. If I do any hunting it will probably be still hunting (not tree stand) so I'm not sure if the size difference is too important. I REALLY wish I could try these things out but I can't so I'm relying on your advice here. If you think I should stay away from both of them I'd like to know that too. Thanks a lot!!!